Man, woman arrested at Wilcania over kidnapping at Hamilton
Polica have arrested a pair more than 850km where a man was allegedly kidnapped and assaulted at Hamilton, authorities have confirmed.
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Police have arrested a pair more than 850km from where they allegedly kidnapped and assaulted a man in Hamilton.
A 38-year-old Glencoe, South Australia man and a 33-year-old Stawell woman were arrested on the Barrier Highway at Wilcania about 6.30pm on Tuesday.
It comes after a man was alleged kidnapped when he got into a woman’s blue holden Commodore about 11.30pm at Hamilton, in Victoria’s south-west, on Friday May 6.
It is believed the 38-year old Hamilton man was assaulted by a man hiding inside the vehicle.
He managed to escape when the offenders drove to a Cox Street petrol station in Hamilton.
The pair arrested remain in custody. The alleged victim was taken to hospital with facial injuries.
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